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C. CRABBS.

(No Model.)

FENCE.

No.492,901. Patented Mar. .7, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OYRUS CRABBS, OF DELPHOS, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,901, dated March 7,1893.

Application liledtl'uly 30, 1892. Serial No. 441,649. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRUs CRABBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delphos, in the county of Allen and State of Oh-io, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which theV following is a specification.

My said invention is an improvement upon that shownin my Letters Patent No. 447,539 and No. 447,588, dated March 3, i891, and consists in certain details of construction and arrangement-sof parts whereby greater facility of building the fence, and an improved fence when finished, are secured.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective View of a section of rail fence embodying my said invention; Fig. 2 a horizontal sectional view looking downwardly from the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. l; Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view on the dotted line 3 3; Fig. 4 adetail rear elevation of the main post and fragments of the rails, and Fig. 5 a detail perspective view illustrating more fully the method of fastening the rails to the posts.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent vertical fence posts; B ordinary rails; C the rider stakes, and D the rider rails.

As in my aforementioned patents, the posts A are simply straight upright posts, set in the ground in an ordinary and well known manner, and to these the fence rails, of any appropriate form, are secured.

The rails B are secured to the posts in the following manner. The outer ends of those forming the panel at the end of a line of fence are Wired tightly to the first upright post, and the other ends are then brought up alongside the next post, with Wire loops or bands a passed around them, and thence around the post back to the same side. Through these loops the ends of the rails forming the second panel are inserted at a considerable angle with the general direction of the fence, and are then brought around into line with said direction, which forces the wire forming the loops well into the wood ot the posts and the rails, gripping them very tightly, and preventing them from slipping on each other. This arrangement is superior to that shown in my aforementioned Letters Patent, for the reason that the rails do not have to be raised high above the ground at any time, and that when they are finally placed in position they are all on the same side of the posts directly above each other, occupying less room and making a much neater fence. As shown, the ends of the rails are tapered 0E somewhat, so as to match together, thus making the rails, when put iu position, practically a continuous rail, notwithstanding that they are all on the same side of the posts. The lower rails are thus kept at equal distance from the ground, and the vappearance of the fence is much improved.

The stake C and rider-rails D are much the same as in my patent No. 447,539 above referred to. Said rider-rails are also tapered at the ends, and thus form substantially a continuous rail, similarly as the main rails B.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a fence, of the posts A, and the rails B secured to saidvposts all on the same side by,means of wire loops or bands a passing around a rail of one panel, thence around a post, and then around a rail of the next panel, said second rail being inserted at' an angle to the general direction of the line of fence and then forced into line with said direction, said rails having tapered ends and arranged continuously on one side of said posts and being thus capable of arrangement in line in substantially the same horizontal plane, giving the effect of a continuous rail, all substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand and seal at Delphos, Ohio, this 22d dayY of July, A. D. 1892.

CYRUS CRABBS. [L s] Witnesses:

W. R. COCHRAN, Jr.,

CEAS. CHEsBRoUGH. 

